Registered Host Towns ( as of 2016/12/9 ) Host Town Prefecture Taget Country/Region to be hosted Registered as of Abashiri City Hokkaido Australia 2016/1/26 Shibetsu City Hokkaido Taiwan 2016/1/26 Nayoro City Hokkaido Taiwan 2016/1/26 Hirosaki City Aomori Taiwan 2016/12/9 Imabetsu Town Aomori Mongolia 2016/1/26 Morioka City Iwate Canada 2016/12/9 Sendai City Miyagi Italy 2016/1/26 Zao Town Miyagi Palau 2016/1/26 Akita Prefecture Odate City ※2 Akita Thailand 2016/1/26 Semboku City ※2 Misato Town Akita City Akita Fiji 2016/12/9 Akita Prefecture Yokote City Akita Indonesia 2016/6/14 Akita Prefecture ※2 Samoa Yamagata City Yamagata Taiwan 2016/6/14 Thailand Germany Tsuruoka City Yamagata 2016/6/14 Moldova ※2 Sakata City Yamagata New Zealand 2016/12/9 Kaminoyama City Yamagata Poland 2016/1/26 Murayama City Yamagata Bulgaria 2016/12/9 Nagai City Yamagata Tanzania 2016/12/9 Tendo City Yamagata Turkmenistan 2016/12/9 Yamagata Prefecture Fukushima City Fukushima Switzerland 2016/12/9 Aizuwakamatsu City Fukushima Thailand 2016/6/14 Koriyama City Fukushima Netherlands 2016/1/26 Iwaki City Fukushima Samoa 2016/6/14 Inawashiro Town Fukushima Ghana 2016/1/26 Ibaraki Prefecture Ibaraki Viet Nam 2016/12/9 Hokota City Ryugasaki City Ibaraki Cuba 2016/12/9 Kasama City Ibaraki Thailand 2016/6/14 Itako City Ibaraki Taiwan 2016/12/9 Hitachiomiya City Ibaraki Palau 2016/6/14 Bando City Ibaraki Lithuania 2016/1/26 Sakuragawa City Ibaraki Bulgaria 2016/12/9 Sakai Town Ibaraki Argentine 2016/6/14 Tochigi Prefecture Tochigi Hungary 2016/6/14 Maebashi City Gunma Hungary 2016/1/26 Takasaki City Gunma Poland 2016/6/14 Kawaba Village Gunma United States of America 2016/12/9 Saitama Prefecture Saitama Brazil 2016/12/9 Niiza City Saitama City Saitama Netherlands 2016/12/9 Misato City Saitama Greece 2016/6/14 Yorii Town Saitama Bhutan 2016/6/14 Funabashi City Chiba United States of America 2016/12/9 Dominican Republic Matsudo City Chiba 2016/12/9 Romania Sakura City Narita City Chiba United States of America 2016/12/9 Inzai City Ichihara City Chiba New Zealand 2016/12/9 1 Registered Host Towns ( as of 2016/12/9 ) Host Town Prefecture Taget Country/Region to be hosted Registered as of Nagareyama City Chiba Netherlands 2016/6/14 Sammu City Chiba Sri Lanka 2016/1/26 Bunkyo Ward Tokyo Germany 2016/12/9 Setagaya Ward Tokyo United States of America 2016/6/14 Musashino City Tokyo Romania 2016/1/26 Ome City Tokyo Germany 2016/6/14 Chofu City Tokyo Saudi Arabia 2016/1/26 Machida City Tokyo South Africa 2016/6/14 Kanagawa Prefecture Odawara City Eritrea Kanagawa 2016/1/26 Oiso Town Bhutan ※2 Hakone Town Yokohama City Kanagawa United Kingdom 2016/1/26 Kawasaki City Kanagawa United Kingdom 2016/1/26 Hiratsuka City Kanagawa Lithuania 2016/1/26 Kanagawa Prefecture Atsugi City Kanagawa New Zealand 2016/1/26 Niigata Prefecture Niigata City Nagaoka City Niigata Mongolia 2016/1/26 Tsubame City Gosen City Yahiko Village Niigata City Niigata France 2016/12/9 Montenegro Kashiwazaki City Niigata 2016/1/26 Serbia Tokamachi City Niigata Croatia 2016/1/26 Joetsu City Niigata Germany 2016/1/26 Kanazawa City Ishikawa France 2016/6/14 Fujiyoshida City Yamanashi France 2016/6/14 Yamanashi Prefecture Yamanashi City Yamanashi Germany 2016/12/9 Fuefuki City Yamanashi Thailand 2016/12/9 Koshu City Yamanashi France 2016/12/9 Oshino Village Yamanashi France 2016/12/9 Yamanakako Village Yamanashi France 2016/12/9 Fujikawaguchiko Town Yamanashi France 2016/12/9 Narusawa Village Nagano Prefecture Ueda City Suzaka City Nagano China 2016/12/9 Iiyama City Shimosuwa Town Yamanouchi Town Venezuela Komagane City Nagano 2016/1/26 Nepal Saku City Nagano Estonia 2016/1/26 Azumino City Nagano Austria 2016/6/14 Matsukawa Town Nagano Costa Rica 2016/12/9 Gifu Prefecture United Kingdom Takayama City Gifu France 2016/1/26 Gero City United States of America 2 Registered Host Towns ( as of 2016/12/9 ) Host Town Prefecture Taget Country/Region to be hosted Registered as of Gifu City Gifu Slovakia 2016/12/9 Kagamihara City Gifu United Kingdom 2016/12/9 Gifu Prefecture Spain Shizuoka City Shizuoka 2016/6/14 Taiwan Hamamatsu City Shizuoka Brazil 2016/6/14 Mishima City Shizuoka United States of America 2016/1/26 Yaizu City Shizuoka Mongolia 2016/1/26 Kakegawa City Shizuoka Taiwan 2016/1/26 Fujieda City Shizuoka Italy 2016/1/26 Taiwan Gotemba City Shizuoka 2016/6/14 South Korea ※2 Izunokuni City Shizuoka Mongolia 2016/1/26 Germany Toyohashi City Aichi 2016/6/14 Lithuania Toyota City Aichi United Kingdom 2016/12/9 Inazawa City Aichi Greece 2016/6/14 Shiga Prefecture Shiga Denmark 2016/6/14 Otsu City Moriyama City Shiga Turkey 2016/12/9 Shiga Prefecture Maibara City Shiga New Zealand 2016/6/14 Shiga Prefecture Maizuru City Kyoto Uzbekistan 2016/6/14 Kameoka City Kyoto Austria 2016/12/9 South Korea Kyotango City Kyoto 2016/1/26 Australia Oyamazaki Town Kyoto Switzerland 2016/6/14 Kyotamba Town Kyoto New Zealand 2016/12/9 Osaka City Osaka Australia 2016/12/9 Izumisano City Osaka Uganda 2016/12/9 Hyogo Prefecture Hyogo France 2016/6/14 Himeji City United Kingdom Kobe City Hyogo Australia 2016/1/26 Croatia ※2 Toyooka City Hyogo Mongolia 2016/6/14 Nishiwaki City Hyogo Australia 2016/12/9 Nara City Nara Australia 2016/6/14 Yamatokoriyama City Nara Singapore 2016/6/14 Nara Prefecture Tenri City Nara France 2016/6/14 Wakayama Prefecture Australia Wakayama 2016/6/14 Wakayama City Canada Wakayama Prefecture Nachikatsuura Town Wakayama Turkey 2016/6/14 Kushimoto Town Tottori Prefecture Tottori Jamaica 2016/1/26 Matsue City Shimane Ireland 2016/6/14 Ohnan Town Shimane Finland 2016/6/14 Okayama City Okayama Bulgaria 2016/12/9 Kurashiki City Okayama New Zealand 2016/1/26 Mimasaka City Okayama Viet Nam 2016/12/9 Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi City Yamaguchi Spain 2016/6/14 Ube City ※2 3 Registered Host Towns ( as of 2016/12/9 ) Host Town Prefecture Taget Country/Region to be hosted Registered as of Hagi City Yamaguchi United Kingdom 2016/12/9 Hofu City Yamaguchi Serbia 2016/6/14 Nagato City Yamaguchi Tonga 2016/12/9 Tokushima Prefecture Tokushima Germany 2016/1/26 Naka Town ※2 Brazil Denmark Kagawa Prefecture Estonia Marugame City ※2 Kagawa 2016/6/14 Finland Sakaide City ※2 Norway Canada ※2 Ehime Prefecture Ehime Taiwan 2016/12/9 Matsuyama City Netherlands Kochi Prefecture Kochi Singapore 2016/6/14 Australia ※2 Fukuoka Prefecture Fukuoka Sweden 2016/1/26 Fukuoka City ※1 Kitakyushu City Fukuoka Thailand 2016/1/26 Iizuka City Fukuoka South Africa 2016/1/26 Tagawa City Fukuoka Germany 2016/6/14 Munakata City Fukuoka Bulgaria 2016/6/14 Netherlands Saga Prefecture Saga Fiji ※1 2016/1/26 Ureshino City ※2 New Zealand ※1 Nagasaki Prefecture Nagasaki City Sasebo City Shimabara City Isahaya City Nagasaki Viet Nam 2016/6/14 Omura City Iki City Unzen City Minamishimabara City Kawatana Town Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto Indonesia 2016/1/26 Oita Prefecture Oita New Zealand 2016/6/14 Portugal Russia Oita Prefecture Italy Oita 2016/6/14 Oita City United States of America Hungary ※2 Romania ※2 Oita Prefecture Oita City Oita Fiji 2016/12/9 Beppu City Oita Prefecture Oita Malaysia 2016/12/9 Nakatsu City Beppu City Oita New Zealand 2016/1/26 Miyazaki Prefecture Miyazaki City Miyazaki Germany 2016/1/26 Nobeoka City Kobayashi City ※1 4 Registered Host Towns ( as of 2016/12/9 ) Host Town Prefecture Taget Country/Region to be hosted Registered as of Miyazaki Prefecture Miyazaki United Kingdom 2016/12/9 Miyazaki City Miyazaki Prefecture Miyazaki City Miyazaki Italy 2016/6/14 Nichinan City ※2 Saito City Miyakonojo City Miyazaki Mongolia 2016/12/9 ※1 Added at the second round registration on 2016/6/14 ※2 Added at the third round registration on 2016/12/9 5 .